Friday, March 23, 2012

Button chat

Chat is a favourite street side food for many of us .There are lots of varieties in chats . Each has its equal fan following..:)) Many chats have the base like papads , samosa , puris ,kachoris and have the toppings like sweet , green chutney and many more..

I feel little bored making the chutneys each time when i want to eat chat.So i tried in a simple way of making my chat to make it quick .Here i used a diffrent base to make chat which i named them as Buttons as they look like buttons. :) Here are few butons..

Using these buttons i have prepared the chat . So colorful right.? Come lets see how to make this..

Ingredients:

For buttons:

All purpose flour (maida) : 1 cup

Ghee (clarified butter) hot : 1/2 tblspn

salt : 1/2 tspn

water : as required

Cooking soda : a pinch

Oil : for deep fry

For chat:

Green peas : 1/4 cup ( cooked )

Onions : 1 (chopped)

Tomatoes : 1 (chopped)

Sev : 1/8 cup

Salt : as per taste

Chilli powder : as per taste

Chat masala : 1/4 tspn

Curd : 1 tblspn (beaten)

Lemon juice : 1 tspn

Procedure:

Making buttons:

Add cooking soda , salt , ghee to the flour and mix it well properly.

Make a hole in the middle ,add sufficient water ,mix well to form a soft dough (as chapati dough).

Keep it aside for 10 mins.

Now make a big chapati with the dough and cut into squares using a knife.

Heat oil in a heavy bottomed vessel , fry them on a medium flame until they turn golden brown color.